Chapter 309: A wife -protecting maniac
Today’s scenario was never imagined by Desmond. He never thought that after spending his time, effort, and wealth lobbying the top power players in Country Y, his downfall would be orchestrated by a girl—young, poised, and unassuming at first glance.
He didn’t doubt the fact he had miscalculated. He had never thought Jessica to amount to anything worth considering.
As the reality of the unfolding scene began to register, Desmond felt a chill creep down his spine. The humiliation, the betrayal, and the disbelief formed a suffocating cloud around him.
Looking back over the past few weeks, it was now quite clear that Davis had planned this all along.
The leisurely pace at which Davis had acted. From the time he stepped in, Davis had assumed the countenance of a person coming just to fulfill righteousness not someone coming to reclaim power or protect family legacy.
That casual attitude had made Desmond complacent. Now, it burned like acid in his throat.
The minimal resistance he offered during the share discussions—it all began to make sense. Davis had been playing the long game.
Otherwise, why would he have been so careless and lenient about everything going on?
It was all a trap, and Desmond had walked right into it.
Desmond felt bitter and hurt, yet What hurt the most was not the fall from grace; rather, it was that everything he had built, everything he had fought for, now lay in the hands of a girl.
This girl, in his eyes, weighed nothing in this brutal world of business and politics.
His eyes locked onto Jessica, standing tall and unshaken, a woman whose confidence now dimmed the grandeur of the chandelier above her. His lips curled into a sneer, though bitterness twisted inside him.